Garth lived in Modesto and drove from there to Los Angeles every Monday to work on the series. He later returned home on Friday night. It was on one of his Monday journeys in which he was killed. After Garth's death, Robert Hewitt Wolfe wrote "He was one of the nicest guys I ever met. We miss him". In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, Ira Steven Behr says Garth was "the most positive person on the set".